Dante is also called the “Father of the Italian language”
Know as “The Surpreme Poet” in Italy
Michelangelo listened to a reading of The Inferno, while he painted “The Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel.
More than 50 English editions of Inferno where created in the 20th century, but there still is not a perfect translation.
When Dante was 12, he was promised to marry the daughter of Manetto Donati, Gemma.
Dante Alighieri, born 1265, Florence, Italy, was a great poet of the middle ages. Dante fought with the Guelph cavalry, 1289 at the Battle Of Campaldino. The Florentine constitution reformation was then brought worth. Dante later entered a guild of physicians. Gemma and Dante soon had several children. Their children where, Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, and Antonia. Dante wrote the Inferno, which is about going to hell and back. In The Inferno,Dante writes about the journey through Hell(Inferno), Purgatory(Purgatorio), and Paradise(Paradiso).
126
Born in Florence, Italy
Dante Alighieri, born 1265, Florence, Italy, was a great poet of the middle ages. Dante fought with the Guelph cavalry, 1289 at the Battle Of Campaldino. The Florentine constitution reformation was then brought worth. Dante later entered a guild of physicians. Gemma and Dante soon had several children. Their children where, Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, and Antonia. Dante wrote the Inferno, which is about going to hell and back. In The Inferno, Dante writes about the journey through Hell(Inferno), Purgatory(Purgatorio), and Paradise(Paradiso).